Wanda: "..."
Seeing Wanda remain silent, Ryan didn't mind and simply continued:
"Remember, little Witch, next time don't rashly enter someone's memories before understanding all their methods. Otherwise, what you enter won't be their nightmare, but your own..."
"Though... you probably won't have another chance to choose for yourself..."
As he spoke, Ryan raised his glowing golden hand and, under Wanda's numb gaze, covered her face.
If Wanda were at her peak, possessing Chaos Magic, Ryan would have truly found it difficult to perform mind control.
But for this Wanda, whose Chaos Magic was exhausted and whose spirit and soul were both on the verge of collapse, it was very simple for Ryan, who now held not only a single Mind Stone but also a portion of the Infinite Power from the six infinity stones.
He would just do what he did to Ultron—imprint a mental brand, a piece of underlying code, deep within this Wanda's soul, and be done with it!
After a short while, Ryan withdrew his hand.
Wanda, held in the hands of Zombie Captain Marvel, also abruptly snapped her eyes open...
In the real World, the Wanda who had placed her hands on Ryan's temples opened her eyes simultaneously, a flash of golden light passing through them!
The way Wanda looked at Ryan now had completely changed.
"Master!" She knelt on one knee before Ryan. Looking up at him, the schemes and vigilance that had been hidden in her eyes had all vanished, leaving only deep awe and reverence!
Seeing this, Ryan gently stroked Wanda's decaying face, yet he didn't look particularly happy. Instead, he shook his head and sighed:
"Sigh... Actually, I don't really like forcibly controlling someone's mind to do things for me, because it limits your self-development and turns you into a puppet that only stands still..."
"But... little Witch, you were just too naughty. As a zombie, you're also too unreliable. I had no choice..."
Ryan usually recruited subordinates by conquering them psychologically through a combination of raw strength and calculation, making them willing to work for him.
He had almost never used an extreme method like mind control...
And when faced with a tough nut like Wanda, Ryan would usually choose to just kill her outright, without any thought of recruitment.
But... Wanda was too important for his control over this zombie World!
Therefore, he could only resort to such extreme measures!
Ryan glanced at the Hulk's corpse, which had been drained of its Infinite Power and was now just skin and bones, and tossed it aside onto the ground.
His gains from this Universe could be said to have exceeded his expectations.
Not only did he find Ironheart, who seemed capable of creating a cure, but he also obtained Kamala's mysterious bracelet and the Ten Rings, which were more powerful than he had imagined...
Finally, he had also obtained the residual Infinite Power of this Universe!
So, he didn't plan to stay in this Universe much longer. After finishing the final Yin-Yang balance for this World and utilizing its last bit of value, it was time for him to return to his own Universe.
Ryan first flashed the blue light of his right bracelet, and a blue spatial wormhole appeared in mid-air four or five meters in front of him.
Moon Knight fell out of it, landing in a classic Superhero pose.
Earlier, when he was performing his World-shattering combos on Infinite Hulk, he had taken a moment to teleport Moon Knight away.
Otherwise, by now, he would likely have been annihilated along with those zombie minions in the aftershocks of Ryan's punches.
And he had naturally kept Moon Knight around because he had a use for him.
After Moon Knight landed, he first muttered, "I was free-falling in the air for a full thirty minutes..."
Then, Moon Knight looked at the Zombie Queen Wanda, who had clearly submitted to Ryan, an expression of surprise appearing on his usually deadpan face:
"You actually succeeded?"
Ryan nodded, then shook his head. "Yes, I successfully dealt with Infinite Hulk and captured the Zombie Queen, but this World still cannot be restored to its former state..."
Hearing this, Moon Knight's brow furrowed instantly. "Why? Isn't the power of the Infinity Stones enough to turn the infected zombies back into normal humans?"
Ryan looked at Moon Knight and shook his head again. "The power of the Infinity Stones can indeed do it, but Infinite Power alone is not enough!"
"They are only a part of the Infinity Stones, not the whole, so naturally they cannot exert the full power of the Infinity Stones..."
"If I were to forcibly use Infinite Power to change reality, it would only trap this reality in a time loop, experiencing the same zombie apocalypse over and over, or even something worse..."
This wasn't Ryan tricking Moon Knight.
After obtaining all the Infinite Power from within Infinite Hulk, Ryan used the Infinite Power of this Universe to see millions of futures.
And in 99% of those futures, if he forcibly used Infinite Power to warp reality, a new zombie crisis would erupt again in the future for various reasons, and each time it would be more severe than the last!
In the later timelines, he even saw a Zombie Sentinel that hadn't appeared in this Universe, and even a Zombie Gladiator!
The most terrifying time was when he saw a purple zombie figure even larger than the Earth!
That was Zombie Galactus!
That's right, the invincible Uncle Galactus had fallen once again!
And he had transitioned from his original state of never being full to an even hungrier zombie state!
For this Universe, it was simply a horror movie!
Moreover, by the timeline where Galactus was a zombie, the zombie virus in this World was no longer a simple quantum virus from the Quantum Realm.
It had become a super-virus from a higher dimension!
It even seemed to be related to the Ancient Gods...
Seeing this, Ryan didn't look any further and decisively abandoned the decision to reverse the fate of this Zombie Universe.
But he hadn't completely given up. Under Moon Knight's disappointed gaze, Ryan took him and slowly rose into the air.
Under Moon Knight's bewildered gaze, Ryan slowly raised his right hand.
In an instant, six of the mysterious runes on the Ten Rings worn on Ryan's right hand lit up in red, blue, green, purple, gold, and orange.
Then, the miracle three seconds occurred!
In the first second, the ground below, which had been cracked for tens of thousands of miles by Ryan's violent strikes, began to heal in the green light, as if the Earth was being mended!
In the second second, on the plains that Ryan's punches had flattened from mountains, saplings full of vitality began to sprout, growing into hundred-meter-tall towering trees in the blink of an eye!
In the third second, in the open space at the center of this miraculous oasis, a super-modern city rose from the ground, like a second Golden City of Wakanda!
And this city indeed had the same functions as the Golden City of Wakanda!
A blue barrier suddenly rose from around the city, eventually encasing it completely!
Then, within the city covered by the dome field, streaks of blue light began to descend, and once the light faded, a large number of bewildered humans appeared.
These were survivors from all over the globe in this apocalyptic World.
The total number was nearly ten million, enough to support the normal operation of this super-modern city and to keep the fire of hope for humanity alive in this Zombie Universe.
Ryan looked down at the survivors in the city, who were filled with a mix of surprise and joy, and said calmly:
"You know, I've never supported the idea of 'draining the pond to catch the fish.' I think it's incredibly foolish to take all the fish from a pond and then just leave. It doesn't maximize benefits at all..."
"So, while I cannot reverse the fate of this World for now, I intend to give the survivors on this Planet a chance—a chance to work under me in exchange for survival!"
Moon Knight was stunned, then spoke with shocking words: "You're going to turn this place into your plantation and treat us as your slaves?"
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